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==Taxonomy== German botanist [[Eduard August von Regel]] described the species in 1859 from material collected in Texas by botanist [[Charles Wright (botanist)|Charles Wright]],<ref name="sagov">{{cite web |title=Factsheet - Datura wrightii |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Solanaceae/Solanaceae%20species/key/Australian%20Solanaceae%20species/Media/Html/Datura_wrightii.htm |website=Flora of South Australia |publisher=South Australian Herbarium |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref> and named it after him. The correct spelling since is with one "i", per ICN article 60C.2.<ref>International Code of Nomenclature, Article 60C.2, http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art60#60C.2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116063635/https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art60#60C.2 |date=2021-11-16 }}</ref> The scientific name has frequently been given as ''Datura meteloides'' [[Michel Félix Dunal|Dunal]],<ref name=Niehaus/> but this name is actually a synonym of ''[[Datura innoxia|D. innoxia]]'' [[Philip Miller|Mill.]], a Mexican plant with a narrower flower having 10 rather than five "teeth" at the rim.<ref name=Cronquist/> Common names in the US include "sacred thorn-apple" or "hairy thornapple",<ref name="sagov"/> and sometimes "western [[Jimson weed]]"<ref name=Niehaus/> because of its resemblance to ''[[Datura stramonium]]'' due to both species having toothed leaves. [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] settlers in [[California]] often called it "Indian whiskey" because of its ritual intoxicating use by many tribes; the name "sacred datura" has the same origin. Other common names include "Indian apple",<ref name=Cronquist/> "California jimson weed" and "nightshade" (not to be confused with ''[[Solanum]]''). The [[Tongva people|Tongva]] call it ''manit'' and the [[Chumash (tribe)|Chumash]] ''momoy''. In Mexico, people call this and similar species ''tolguacha''.<ref name=Cronquist/> or ''toloache''.<ref>[http://www.devils-punchbowl.com/pages/wildflowers/solanaceae/toloache.html Toloache (Jimson Weed)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028081948/http://www.devils-punchbowl.com/pages/wildflowers/solanaceae/toloache.html |date=2006-10-28 }} from Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, accessed 16 June 2006</ref>
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